This is a slightly spartan, though step-by-step, set of instructions for installing the software and setting up a Linux Team Fortress 2 server. This dedicated server software is free.
You'll need a system with at least 2.8 gigabytes free on its /home/ partition - I'd have even more (if you want to add all the optional maps, allow _at least_ 15GB more). To check, run:
df -h /home/
adduser steam passwd steam
Enter a password twice for this Linux account.
wget http://download.sourcekills.com/files/games/tf2/tf2.tar.bz2
The file is over a gigabyte, so this may take a while depending on your connection.
tar -xjvf tf2.tar.bz2
If you're really short on disk space, you can delete this file, bringing your disk usage down to 1.7GB to start.
cd ~/tf2/ ./update
If it complains about:
./steam: error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Then your system is missing the i386 "zlib" library. On my Fedora x86_64 system, I needed to run this as root:
yum install zlib.i386
On Debian or Ubuntu systems, this may work to install this library:
apt-get update apt-get install zlib
The "update" command may ask you to retry itself; if so, repeat until you get "HLDS installation up to date". The process may take a while.
To get a lot of additional maps, pull down more from ftp://ford.stearns.org/pub/tf2maps/maps/ . These need to end up in /home/steam/tf2/orangebox/tf/maps/ . If your download program asks you if you want to overwrite a map that's already there, say no.
/home/steam/tf2/orangebox/tf/mapcycle.txt
hostname "my server" // sv_downloadurl "http://my.website.tf2.files/tf2" rcon_password "mysecret" sv_password "" //sv_maxrate "35000" sv_maxrate 30000 // Max bandwidth rate allowed on server, 0=unlimited, max=20000 //sv_minrate "10000" sv_minrate 4000 // Min bandwidth rate allowed on server, 0=unlimited, 4000=good to keep dialup gamers off the server //sv_minupdaterate "20" sv_minupdaterate 30 // Max updates/sec that the server will allow, increasing this will take more cpu power, 100 is max //sv_maxupdaterate "200" sv_maxupdaterate 120 //sv_maxcmdrate "200" sv_maxcmdrate 100 sv_mincmdrate 30 sv_lan "0" sv_alltalk "0" sv_pausable "0" sv_cheats "0" sv_consistency "1" sv_allowupload "1" sv_allowdownload "1" sv_timeout "300" sv_pure "1" sv_pure_kick_clients "1" //sv_region 1 //sv_maxspeed 320 //maximum client movement speed //sv_voicequality 5 //sv_voicecodec voice_speex //nf_on 1 mp_timelimit "25" mp_maxrounds 3 mp_idlemaxtime "10" // kick after 10 secs mp_idledealmethod "2" //mp_friendlyfire 0 //no longer valid? mp_teams_unbalance_limit "2" //Teams are unbalanced when one team has this many more players than the other team. (0 disables check) //mp_enableroundwaittime //Enable timers to wait between rounds. mp_bonusroundtime "10" //Time after round win until round restarts //mp_restartround //If non-zero, the current round will restart in the specified number of seconds mp_winlimit 2 //Max number of rounds one team can win before server changes maps mp_stalemate_timelimit "300" //Timelimit (in seconds) of the stalemate round. mp_autoteambalance "1" mp_autoteambalance_delay "30" //Time after the teams become unbalanced to attempt to switch players - no longer valid? mp_autoteambalance_warning_delay 15 //Time after the teams become unbalanced to print a balance warning - no longer valid? tf_flag_caps_per_round "4" tf_stats_track "1" mapcyclefile "mapcycle.txt" //fps_max 2000 net_maxfilesize 64 //exec listip.cfg exec banned_user.cfg sv_logsdir "logs" log on
From another source:
hostname "BLA BLA BLA BLA" // this is your server name as shown in the server list sv_password "" // your server password. a pair of double quotes means it is not set and anyone can join //rcon settings rcon_password "BLA BLA BLA BLA" // your rcon password to log into the dev rcon console or HLSW rcon console sv_rcon_banpenalty 5 // Number of minutes to ban users who fail rcon authentication sv_rcon_maxfailures 10 // Max number of times a user can fail rcon authentication before being banned //cvars for balancing un-even teams mp_autoteambalance 1 // 0 is off and 1 is on. if 1 then should be used in conjunction with the following 3 commands mp_autoteambalance_delay 60 // Time (in seconds) after the teams become unbalanced to attempt to switch players mp_autoteambalance_warning_delay 30 // Time (in seconds) after the teams become unbalanced to print a balance warning mp_teams_unbalance_limit 2 // Teams are unbalanced when one team has this many more players than the other (0 disables) //cvars for round and game times mp_enableroundwaittime 1 // Enable or disable timers to wait between rounds. 0 is off 1 is on mp_bonusroundtime 20 // Time after round win until round restarts (in seconds) mp_restartround 20 // Time the current round will restart (in seconds) mp_stalemate_timelimit 120 // Timelimit (in seconds) of the stalemate round mp_timelimit 30 // game time per map in minutes //cvars for win conditions mp_maxrounds 4 // Max number of rounds to play before server changes maps mp_winlimit 3 // Max number of rounds one team can win before a server changes maps //client specific cvars mp_forcecamera 0 // force dead clients to first person mode disabling freelook. 0 is off 1 is on mp_allowspectators 1 // enable or disable spectators on the server. 0 is off 1 is on mp_friendlyfire 0 // 0 is off and clients can do harm to team mates. 1 is on and players can kill or injure team mates mp_footsteps 1 // footsteps on or off. 0 is off and 1 is on sv_cheats 0 // allow cheats to be used by the client. 0 is off 1 is on sv_timeout 300 // the amount of time in seconds that a client is booted for no input sv_maxspeed 320 // the maximun speed a client can move at sv_consistency 1 // Force clients to pass a consistency check for critical files before joining server. 0 is off 1 is on decalfrequency 10 // the pause in seconds between a decal being sprayed //cvars for communication sv_voiceenable 1 // allow players to use a microphone. 0 is off 1 is on sv_alltalk 0 // toggles whether both teams can hear each others voice comms or not. 0 is off 1 is on. recommend it being off mp_chattime 10 // players can chat for this amount of time (in seconds) after a game is over // start download cvars sv_allowupload 1 // allow custom decals to be uploaded. 0 is off 1 is on sv_allowdownload 1 // allow files to be downloaded from the server. 0 is off 1 is on net_maxfilesize 15 // Max download file size. Default is 15 sv_downloadurl "" //redirect download location //bandwidth rates/settings sv_minrate 20000 sv_maxrate 30000 decalfrequency 10 sv_maxupdaterate 100 sv_minupdaterate 66 sv_mincmdrate 66 sv_maxcmdrate 100 //server logging log off // enable or disable server logging. on is on off is off sv_logbans 0 // Log server bans in the server logs sv_logecho 1 // Echo log information to the console. 0 is off 1 is on sv_logfile 0 // Log server information in the log file. 0 is off 1 is on sv_log_onefile 0 // log everything in one file //cvars for general operation sv_lan 0 // is this an internet or LAN server. 0 is internet 1 is LAN sv_region 3 // server location. -1 is the world, 0 is USA east coast, 1 is USA west coast, 2 south america, 3 europe, 4 asia, 5 australia, 6 middle east, 7 africa sv_contact blah@blah.com // contact email for sysop sv_pausable 0 // enables or disables whether the server can be paused. 0 is off 1 is on sv_pure 1 // forces all clients on the server to use content that matches what is on the server. 0 is off 1 is on sv_pure_kick_clients 1 // kicks clients that do not have content that matches what is on the server //execute ban files exec banned_user.cfg exec banned_ip.cfg
screen -S tf2server -R
You'll get a prompt back as if nothing had happened. No problem, in that window run:
cd ~/tf2/orangebox ./srcds_run -game tf -timeout 30 -autoupdate -debuglog tf2debug.log +map cp_dustbowl +port 27015 +maxplayers 24
Now disconnect from the window with Ctrl-A. To reconnect later, run:
screen -S tf2server -R
like before.
To turn on remote console:
First, enable console on your system. Esc, options, keyboard, advanced, enable developer console, OK, apply, OK. Out in windows, "ssh -L 27015:127.0.0.1:27015 steam@server.ip.address". Enter console with the single quote key at the upper left of the keyboard (under ~). Now:
rcon_address 127.0.0.1
rcon_password {rconpassword}
rcon changelevel cp_dustbowl
rcon sv_gravity 100
To give the server higher CPU priority - which _may_ make it be a little more responsive on a heavily loaded system - run this as root after you've started the server:
renice -4 `/sbin/pidof srcds_i486` `ps axf | grep srcds_run | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`
Ports needed:
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:27015 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 22685/srcds_i486 udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:27015 0.0.0.0:* 22685/srcds_i486 udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:27020 0.0.0.0:* 22685/srcds_i486 udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:26901 0.0.0.0:* 22685/srcds_i486 udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:27005 0.0.0.0:* 22685/srcds_i486
Not sure if all of these are needed. Replace $OutsideIP with your outside IP address, eth0 with the outside nic name, and 172.27.1.178 with the TF2 internal ip address:
#for OnePort in 27015 27020 26901 27005 ; do
for OnePort in 27015 ; do
iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p udp -d $OutsideIP --dport $OnePort -j DNAT --to 172.27.1.178:$OnePort
done
#for OnePort in 27015 27020 26901 27005 ; do
for OnePort in 27015 ; do
iptables -I FORWARD -i eth0 -m state --state new -d 172.27.1.178 -p udp --dport $OnePort -j ACCEPT
done